Hitachi, Ltd.

Klyoshi Ogata

Takeo Shiba

Makoto Ohkura

Kazuhiko Horikoshi

Ryoji Oritsuki

Takuo Tamura

Miwako Nakahara

Yasushi Nakano

Inexpensive, unannealed glass is used as a substrate. The surface of a polycrystalline silicon film doped with boron (B) or phosphorus (P) is oxidized with ozone at a processing temperature of 500&#xb0; C. or below to form a silicon oxide film of 4 to 20 nm thick on the surface of polycrystalline silicon. On account of this treatment, the level density at the interface between the gate-insulating layer and the channel layer can be made lower, and a thin-film transistor having less variations of characteristics can be formed on the unannealed glass substrate.

Process for manufacturing thin film transistor on unannealed glass substrate

Inexpensive, unannealed glass is used as a substrate. The surface of a polycrystalline silicon film doped with boron (B) or phosphorus (P) is oxidized with ozone at a processing temperature of 500&deg; C. or below to form a silicon oxide film of 4 to 20 nm thick on the surface of polycrystalline silicon. On account of this treatment, the level density at the interface between the gate-insulating layer and the channel layer can be made lower, and a thin-film transistor having less variations of characteristics can be formed on the unannealed glass substrate.

Thin film transistor and method for manufacturing the same

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Klyoshi Ogata